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Buddy Whitney, Editor Bons Temps Official Publication Lagniappe Chapter of AACA
April, 2019
Volume 20, Number 4
Bons Temps
Laissez les bons temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!)
Lagniappe Officers 2019
J. D. Martin, President
(985) 226-1853
Whitney Richard, V. President
John Welch, Treasurer
Celeste Hebert, Secretary
Meetings: 4rd Tuesday
of each month, 7 P.M.
Location Plantation Inn
1381 W Tunnel Blvd, Houma, LA
Website:
http://local.aaca.org/lagniappe/ Permission granted to re-print local
original material with proper credit
Inside this issue:
President’s Podium - J. D. Martin
President Podium
Evangeline Tour 1
Meeting Minutes 2
Member Bios 3
2019 AACA Events
LA Region Events
Local Cruisers Night
Birthday List
4
Collector Car Day 5
Publication Contacts 7
Well, for Mother's Day weekend the weather wasn't the
greatest, but I do hope everyone made the best of it and enjoyed.
It looks as if we'll have a few nice days so let's get out and
enjoy the cars and our hobbies. I plan on heading with the top
down to New Orleans to get an estimate on a new top and interior
work on the Cutlass.
From what I can gather, the mini tour turned out to be short-
er than planned but was still enjoyed by all who attended.
Our next scheduled meeting is on the 28th, so let's all plan
on coming out and have a good turn out.
Until then, everyone enjoy and take care. J. D.
Evangeline Tour & Rally
April, 2019
Everyone had
A great time with
Good food
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Minutes of Last Meeting April 23, 2019 By Celeste Hebert
LAGNIAPPE CHAPTER of AACA
Called to order by: J.D. Martin, President, @
7:00 PM. Location: Plantation Inn, Houma, LA.
Pledge: Buddy Whitney, Prayer: John Welch.
Guests in attendance: None
Secretary’s Report:
Given by Celeste Hebert, Motion to accept:
Evelyn Whitney, Seconded: Dale Roth, Ap-
proved: yes.
Treasurer’s Report:
John Welch Highlights: Some dues were col-
lected & 50/50 was added. Complete treasury
report was given and a copy was passed out.
Motion to accept treasury report: Marty Roth:
Seconded: Dan Kennedy: Approved.
Club Business:
A donation was sent to the AACA Building
Fund in the amount of $250.00, and another
$250.00 donation was sent to the Shriner’s
Hospital in Shreveport, LA.
Past Events:
For those that attended the Evangeline AACA
tour in Rayne, LA April 5-7, 2019, it was a nice
event. The weather ended up not being as bad
as expected. A few of our members that
attended won a few prizes. Greg and Brenda
Dobney won the Rally and the 50/50. Every-
one seemed to have had a good time.
Upcoming Events:
Whitney Richard suggested a cruise for Sat-
urday April 27, 2019. The itinerary is not con-
firmed just yet, it is in the works. But the fol-
lowing is the tentative itinerary:
1) 8:00 am meet at the Catahoula for breakfast
in Boutte, LA.
2) 10:00 am VA hospital in St. John parish-
Godchaux Reserve House
3) Lunch: Frenier Landing
For more upcoming AACA events, please refer
to the AACA website for listings and dates.
Hooter cruise night has changed to the 3rd
Saturday of every month, hosted by Steve Ro-
bichaux.
Planning is in the works for our May 2020
tour. If anyone has suggestions, please feel free
to call Whitney Richard.
Projects Report:
Whitney Richard reported that he has fin-
ished the repairs to the 1988 BMW 528e.
John Welch took a 560 mile trip with “Carla”
his Monte Carlo, and he reports that it rode
great!
Ken Smart helped Fred Duplechin tune the
carburetor on the Studebaker and Fred reports
that it never ran so good!
Marty Roth’s Packard is in Pennsylvania having
some axle seals repaired.
Family News:
J.D. and Charlene Martin went on a trip to
Tennessee. For the most part they had a won-
derful trip, but an unfortunate circumstance
with a bear, which got into their truck, caused
about $2500 worth of damage to their truck.
Luckily no one was hurt.
Dale Roth started chemo, and right now she is
trying to get used to the medicines.
Debbie Duplechin started a new treatment for
her respiratory issues.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn: Gayle Bourgeois, Second:
Charlene Martin, Approved: yes.
Next Meeting date: May 28, 2019
50/50: Won by Charlene Martin $27.00
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Meet the Member Lagniappe’s Vice-President, Whitney Richard
Sound like Whitney was born with a screwdriver in his hand. While not an experi-enced restorer, he’s been taking stuff apart (like door knobs) since childhood and has fash-ioned some pretty impressive “things,” like a tiki bar rocket. If you haven’t seen the Cajun Coalition’s 2013 LDRS (Large Dangerous Rocket Ship) video, check out this YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZX6Ewu5Ba0 . These bad boys, led by Whitney Rich-ard, will make you proud to be a Cajun, Cher! Whitney’s team fashioned a high flying rocket ship from a home-made tiki bar and won first place in the LDRS division of the Tripoli Rock-etry Association, a US-based international high-power amateur rocketry group. It’s an awe-some video featuring Kari Byron from the Myth Busters television series. Whitney loves all sorts of mechanical things and probably picked up a few genes and valuable experiences from his father. While lil’bitty Whitney sat on the fender playing with his trusty screwdriver (no pun intended), dad worked on the family’s ’57 Ford in Me-tairie. By adolescence, however, the family was in Colorado. As many of us experienced when we were “young and stupid,” drag racing was Whit-ney’s next big adventure. He destroyed lots of ’75 Camaro parts (at least 5 engine, 4 trans-missions, 2 rear ends) in those early years, finally realizing that $40,000 in late ‘80s dollars could have bought him a rail dragster. Other notable “later to become classic” cars were a ’72 Barracuda (his favorite) and ’78 Cutlass. High School was followed by 4 years in the Air Force where Whitney got used to be-ing off the ground as a crew member of a C-141 transport, racking up over 3,000 hours in the air including 2 complete circumnavigations of the globe. He returned to New Orleans af-ter his military service and attended Louisiana Vocational and Technical College while work-ing as a refueler at MSY, along with various other jobs including automotive technician. [Writer’s Note: did you know that MSY, the airfield call letters for Louis Armstrong Airport, stand for Moisant Stock Yard, a business named after famed early aviator John Moisant who fell from his plane to that field and died in 1910] After graduating from the technical college with a degree in Micro Computer Elec-tronics Whiney went to work for Consolidated Natural Gas as a Computer Network Engi-neer. After 12 years at CNG he started his own business, Performance Computers Systems of Louisiana, providing IT support to Dental Offices. Since marrying Charla Roth, Marty and Dale’s daughter, Whitney’s awareness of clas-sics cars has broadened considerably. Like Marty, he’s attracted to well-engineered cars like Packard’s. He also loves the Cadillac's and Buicks of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. His clas-sic is a 1988 BMW 528e; a four-door German tourer. It’s all original and he’s trying to keep it that way. Whitney credits Charla for his emerging fascination with classics. Charla does on-line marketing and runs a local store in Metairie. They have been together since 2005 and have no children together, but share three children. Charla’s son is the youngest – Nathan, who is currently attending Northwestern Louisiana State University. Next is Whitney’s son Jonathan who lives in New Orleans and works for the Haunted Mortuary Escape Rooms. The oldest is his daughter Amy who lives in Washington DC. Her husband works for Voice of America Radio. Their family brings the 4 grandchildren - Cameron, Abigale, Nicholas, and Ariana.
Lagniappe Club Members Bios for May is: Whitney Richard
Continue to page 4
Page 4 Volume 20, Number 4 LAGNIAPPE CHAPTER of AACA
10 Margaret Guercio
11 Donna McElroy
16 Gayle Bourgeois
21 Brenda Bergeron
23 J.D. Martin May
Birthdays
2019 AACA National Events 4/4-4/7 Southeastern Spring Meet Charlotte, NC 4/29–5/1 Southeastern Division Tour Cape Fear Chapter, NC 5/30-6/1 Annual Grand National Auburn, IN 6/2-6/7 Founders Tour Seward, NE 6/26-6/29 Eastern Spring Meet Partsppany, NJ 8/4-8/9 Vintage Tour Kingston Ontario, Canada 9/22-9/27 Glidden Tour Charlotte, NC 10/9-10/12 Eastern Fall National Hershey, PA 10/23-10/26 AACA South Eastern Fall Meet Mobile, AL 11/6-11/9 AACA Western Fall National Fallbrook, CA
LA Region Point Earing Events 12/2/18 Regional Christmas Meeting Baton Rouge 4/5-4/7 Evangeline Chapter Tour & Rally Rayne, LA 4/3-4/5 Baton Rouge Tour Baton Rouge, LA 9/13-9/15 CENLA Tour Alexandria, LA
Local Cruisers Night
First Tuesday of the month Cajun Crit-
ters-where Dave’s Restaurant used to be
in Houma, La. - Starting at 4:30 p.m.
Second Tuesday of the month Amelia
Belle cruise inn.
Third Saturday Hooter parking lot– 5-9
Fourth Saturday of the month Wal-Mart park-
ing lot in Thibodaux
Though Whitney has not been in car clubs before AACA, he dove right in when joining Lagniappe Chapter, raising his hand when we needed a Vice-President for 2019. No stranger to responsibility, Whitney has been very active as VP, taking our Presi-dent’s place when he’s out of state, writing articles and tracking event and, with Charla has been planning very enjoyable monthly outings. Thank you Whitney for raising your hand and all you do! by
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10TH ANNUAL “COLLECTOR CAR APPRECIATION DAY ” TO BE CELEBRATED ON JULY 12, 2019
The SEMA Action Network (SAN) announced that the next Collector Car Appreciation
Day (CCAD) will be celebrated on July 12, 2019. The date will mark the tenth consecu-
tive commemoration in what is now an annual event to raise awareness of the vital role
automotive restoration and collection plays in American society. A brief recap of the
2018 festivities is highlighted in the current issue of Driving Force. Also, be sure to
check out the full photo gallery. The images sent in by this year’s event hosts are great-
ly appreciated.
Intended to celebrate the classics of the past and the future, the U.S. Congress helped
launch CCAD by passing resolutions each year since 2010 at the SAN’s request. The
previous resolutions were sponsored by co-chairs of the SEMA-supported Congression-
al Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus.
These Congressional leaders have been strong advocates for the automotive hobby in
Washington, D.C., and recognize the integral role collector cars have played in fostering
our nation’s appreciation for the automobile’s unique historical place in our history. In
fact, the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, West Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as most
of the Canadian provinces, officially marked the occasion.
In preparation for the tenth celebration of the nation’s automotive heritage, enthusiasts
and related businesses are already planning open houses, car cruises, club gatherings
and educational events to commemorate the day. The SAN will again maintain and
publicize a list of scheduled events to commemorate America’s time-tested love affair
with the automobile at semaSAN.com. Individuals, car clubs and business owners
interested in publicizing events can submit the details of their celebration. For ques-
tions, contact SAN Director Colby Martin at 909-978-6721 or [email protected]. If you are
unable to celebrate on July 12, the SAN encourages events to be scheduled throughout
the month of July 2019.
Correspondence:
Buddy Whitney, Editor
1710 Polk Street.
Houma, LA 70360
On the web— http://local.aaca.org/lagniappe/
THE CLUB
The Antique Automobile Club of America is the country’s oldest and largest automotive historical
society. A Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, it is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and
maintenance of automobiles and automotive history. Founded in Philadelphia in 1935, its membership
has grown to over 60,000 members from all parts of the world. The AACA holds country-wide
competitive and noncompetitive tours, meets and events. These are on a divisional basis offering a
program within the reach of everyone. Tours and activities relating to the hobby are sponsored,
including the AAA Revival Glidden Tour®, Founders Tour, Nickel Tour, Reliability Tour, Sentimental Tour
and Divisional Tours. The annual meeting features seminars, trade show and a year end culminating
awards banquet.
The AACA is proud of its relationship with the many historical organizations devoted to similar objectives
the world over. The Club, through its national office, publications, and membership, aids individuals,
museums, libraries, historians and collectors dedicated to the preservation of automotive history.
VEHICLES
Road vehicles of all types, 25 years old and older are grouped for competitive purposes into many
classes according to age and mechanical features. AACA has a comprehensive judging system that allows
members to earn significant awards for their vehicles. In non-competitive classes, AACA also recognizes
original cars in its Historic Preservation of Original Features (HPOF) group, and unmodified 25 year and
older vehicles that are driven and have not obtained a First Junior award in its Drivers Participation Class
(DPC) . Recent recognitions have come to competitive vehicles (race cars) and Second Generation Class
Vehicles (SGCV) for factory-assembled cars that resemble original cars (Avanti, Clenet, Shay and Zim-
mer). The club recognizes classes of motorcycles and documented race cars as well. Further details can
be found in our judging manual which is available online at www.aaca.org.
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